SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Twitter Inc. (TWTR) on Tuesday reported a loss of $536.8 million in its third quarter.

On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had a loss of 67 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 54 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 17 cents per share.

The short messaging service posted revenue of $1.28 billion in the period, also falling short of Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.29 billion.

For the current quarter ending in December, Twitter said it expects revenue in the range of $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $821 million.

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